s, and who hold captive
the shades of the dead who would work evil against me, so that they shall
[not] work evil against me. May a way for thy double (_ka_) along with
thee and along with [thy] soul be prepared by those who keep ward over the
members of Osiris, and who hold captive the shades of the dead. Heaven
shall [not] keep thee, the earth shall [not] hold thee captive, thou shalt
not have thy being with the divine beings who make slaughter, but thou
shalt have dominion over thy legs, and thou shalt advance to thy body
straightway in the earth [and to] those who belong to the shrine and guard
the members of Osiris."

Of Not Sailing To The East

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 6).]

THE CHAPTER OF NOT SAILING TO THE EAST IN THE UNDERWORLD. The
chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

"Hail, phallus of Ra, who departest from thy calamity [which ariseth]
through opposition(?), the cycles have been without movement for millions
of years. I am stronger than the strong, I am mightier than the mighty. If
I sail away or if I be snatched away to the east through the two horns,"
or (as others say), "if any evil and abominable thing be done unto me at
the feast of the devils, the phallus of Ra shall be swallowed up, [along
with] the head of Osiris. And behold me, for I journey along over the
fields wherein the gods mow down those who make reply unto [their words];
now verily the two horns of the god Khepera shall be thrust aside; and
verily pus shall spring into being in the eye of Tem along with corruption
if I be kept in restraint, or if I have gone toward the east, or if the
feast of devils be made in my presence, or if any malignant wound be
inflicted upon me."(59)

Of The Ink-Pot And Palette

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 12).]

THE CHAPTER OF PRAYING FOR AN INK-POT AND FOR A PALETTE. The
chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

"Hail, aged god, who dost behold thy divine father and who art the
guardian of the book of Thoth, [behold I have come; I am endowed with
glory, I am endowed with strength, I am filled with might, and I am
supplied with the books of Thoth], and I have brought [them to enable me]
to pass through the god Aker who dwelleth in Set. I have brought the
ink-pot and the palette as being the objects which are in the hands of
Thoth; hidden is that which is in them. Behold me in the character of a
scribe! I have brought t